Amaechi Confessed That After God, I Made Him Governor – Wike

Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has said that God used him to  enthrone Rotimi Amaechi as governor of Rivers State in 2007 just as he at the weekend ruled out any prospect of him defecting to the All Progressives Congress, APC.

Speaking in an interview with BBC Pidgin, Wike said that he would decide on his political future in July 2022 after he would have completed all ongoing projects of his administration in Rivers State.

“God used me to make Amaechi Governor of Rivers State. There is even a video where he confessed during a church thanksgiving that after God, I was the person that made him governor.”

The governor said he has never personally accused his predecessor of corruption, instead a judicial commission of inquiry  in the State had indicted the minister of misappropriation of the $308 Million realised from the sales of the Rivers State assets.

Governor Wike also explained that the judicial commission also indicted the Amaechi’s administration for wasting N54 Billion on the abandoned 1.4 kilometer monorail project. According to him, the minister had challenged his indictment in both Federal High Court and Court of Appeal, and lost the case.

Governor Wike also explained that the reason why the PDP has not taken a final decision on whether its presidential candidate for the 2023 general election should be from the North or South of the country is because stakeholders are still strategizing the best options that will guarantee the party’s victory in the polls.

He stated that PDP is keen to takeover the realm of power in 2023 and is not in a hurry to give the ruling All Progressives Congress  (APC)  a glimpse of its strategy to wrest power from it in the next general election.

“I am from Southern part of Nigeria. I will be happy if power returns to the South, but if PDP will win the 2023 presidential election by zoning the presidential ticket to the  North, I will not be opposed to it”.

The governor while reacting to question on whether he will support former President Goodluck Jonathan if the APC picks him as its presidential candidate, declared that it was not in his nature to engage in anti-party activity.

“If President Jonathan is given the All Progressives Congress presidential ticket, he knows that I  will not support him. I will not engage in anti-party. Even if he is from the South, I will not endorse him. What is paramount is my party’s interest.”

Governor Wike affirmed that if President Jonathan secures PDP presidential ticket, Rivers State will overwhelmingly support him.  

The governor declared nothing will make him defect from the PDP to the APC which he described as cancerous political party that is devoid of any solution to the prevailing security and economic  challenges facing the Nigerian State. According to him, the APC has ruined the Nigerian economy and only PDP can pull Nigeria out of the brink of socio- economic collapse.

Governor Wike revealed that the decision concerning his political future will be taken by July 2022 when he must have completed all the projects started by his administration.

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